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Unidentified (?German States) Jubilee medal of Henry II, 1897.
Bronze medal of standard dimension (35mm diameter) with loop to top.
Obverse –
A figure (jester?) riding a winged horse over a townscape. Legend: Wenn die Kraft daniederliegt – Oft Ein Guter Witz Noch Siegt (which means something like: When the strength is down – often a good joke still triumphs.)
Reverse –
In centre, Heinrich II around which Zum 25 Jahrigen Jubilaum 1897. [25th Year Jubilee]
We have not established who this “Henry II” was – clearly reigned from 1872 – or what the origin of the medal might be.
Clearly Germanic – German States?
In NEF condition.
